Inspired by Aelia's <a href=http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=34;t=003557>Great Big Quiz</a> and in an effort to increase interaction in the forums, and get to know more about our fellow men and women at IW, we are proudly presenting the Great Big 5-Question-Thread. Similar idea to the Quiz, only here you get to ask the questions. :D ;)

<u>RULES</u>
_One person is the Answerer. Any member of the forum can direct any question to him/her. After 5 questions have been answered the Answerer picks someone else to take his place and be the new Answerer. Again 5 questions are directed to him/her after which a new one is chosen... etc
_Each person is allowed to ask one or two questions only per Answerer. You don't have to wait till the Answerer answers the previous question but can ask immediately. However remember that only 5 questions per Answerer so after 5 questions have been asked wait for a new Answerer to be assigned before asking.
_The Answerer nominates a new Answerer in his place after answering the 5 questions. Please choose someone who asked questions. You can choose someone else only if you're 100% sure that that person wants to participate (for example he expressed his desire to do so or you sent him a PM). Similarly by asking a question you agree to take part in this and to be the Answerer should you be chosen.
_As the Answerer you promise to answer evry question truthfully. I want this to be taken seriously. We can't know when you're lying, but you can.
_Questions can be about anything. The only rule about this is to remember the forum's code of conduct, and keep it PG please. You can check the Quiz link above for sample questions.

So that's it. We'll see how it goes and what response this gets. If you ever wanted to know anything about any member here, or if you're the kind of person who loves talking about him(her)self, this is the place for you. [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D Enjoy and have fun.

EDIT:
I'll be updating the list of people who have answered so far

Aelia Jusa
ZFR
Illumina Drathiran'ar
robertthebard
shadowhound
Hivetyrant
bungleau
machinehead
Sever
Madman-Rogovich
Lauren
toot003
Lucern
Callum
Ivellis
SecretMaster
Captain Obvious
Sir Goulum

[ 08-24-2006, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

Well, <font color=red size=3>Aelia</font> has kindly volunteered to be the first Answerer. So 5 questions go to her.

And I get the honour of asking first. Here goes:

1. What genre of computer (video) games do you enjoy most?
2. When was the last time you cried and why?

Three more questions for Aelia. Ask away.

(please number next questions 3, 4, 5...)

3. What was your first computer/console game? Whichever applies.

4. Cheeseburgers, or Filet Mignon?

5. Why the flying pig, is there a funny story there?

Right then. Waiting on Aelia.

PS I'm still not sure if the number of questions per person (1 or 2), or the number of questions per Answerer (5) is right. Too much? Too little? I thought of something like not less than 5 not more than 10. But not sure.
We'll keep the numbers as they are for now and see how it goes. But if anyone has any suggestion I'm all ears. The final rules decision belongs to me though [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

1. Probably strategy/building type games like civilisation, colonisation, caesar, etc. I like RPGs as well but I have spent many many happy hours playing strategy games.

2. I think the last time was earlier this year. We were being kicked out of our offices at uni and the people in charge did not seem to be making much effort to find us new places. I was feeling really frustrated and kind of desperate because all we were getting was platitudes, while other 'special' people were getting found offices straight away. It was just a really frustrating situation and my brother was there and it all kind of came flooding out. To my surprise (and embarrassment), this turned out to actually be a useful thing because my brother was so incensed that he wrote a rather 'direct', to put it politely, email to the head of school regarding how shabbily the department was treating its postgrads and I found myself with an office soon after (possibly in spite of this though :D ).


3. I think it was a game called Alley Cat where you were a kitten and had to get past levels like eating food out of dogs' bowls or catching fish in a bowl or getting things off a bookshelf without big cats attacking you. It was fun!

4. I guess cheeseburgers if I had to choose, I'm not a fan of steak, but neither do I like fast food cheeseburgers that much. A homemade hamburger with cheese is definitely yummy, though.


5. Not really; when I first joined IW I wanted a sig, and I found Pink at a Pink Floyd website (he is a Pink Floyd pig) and he was like my mascot/familiar/pet/etc. I think he was evil or something, some clan silliness or somesuch ;) . I think I just liked his cute little wings, mostly [img]smile.gif[/img]

Well hopefully that settled all those burning issues I know people have wanted to ask me for ages ;) .

I think 5 questions is enough, if they require more than a few words response then it takes a while to answer so that's plenty.

Anyway, I think the next answererer should be ZFR since it was his idea and I liked his questions [img]smile.gif[/img]

Aright , this looks fun.

ZFR
Question 1: What does ZFR stand for? (and I don't mean youre morals :D )

2: What is the most important thing in your life?

3. Would you lend me $20?

It's not an acronym. ZFR is my name (Zafer) with vowels removed.
It started when I started playing computer games that saved your high scores. I put my full name at first but then some games appeared that allowed only 3 characters (Home Alone was the first for me, another example is Mortal Kombat as probably you all remember). So I just shortened it this way.
er... I don't know why particularly removed those 2 letters. Nor do I know why kept it all capitals making it look like initials or an acronym (might've been because in the games all letters were same case) but since then (1995) I've been using ZFR as my nick everywhere on the internet and in computer games.

(on a side notice what's with the morals? I don't get that one)


urgh. a very general question. And 'thing' and 'important' are so undefined.
Well it looks like the answer is computer games as it definately take a large portion of my time. er... hehe... it's um... not chronic, I'm erm... not an addict (yeah right [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] )
Or it could be... capitalism! (check my signature). I really started to look at everything through the capitalism/collectivism-statism-socialism spectrum. Sometimes it annoys me.

I'm very reluctant to lend my things, though strangely when it comes to money I'm much more lenient (not careless though, I'm very careful about having what I lend returned). So yes, if you gave me a good reason I'd probably lend you $20.

4. Can you play any form of instrument?

yeah sorry was tryin to be clever >


what does ZFR stand for? < what do the letters stand for?

or

what does ZFR stand for? < what do you stand for ZFR?

5. If you had the option to meet any person in this world today, who would it be?

Unfortunately no :( . I tried as a kid to learn this or that, but gave up at the earliest of stages after terrible results. I completely suck at this.

I assume the word 'today' means the person has to be living (as in not 'if you had the option of meeting any person ever'). If so it would be <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Friedman>David Friedman</a>. Read some of his works, really great.

Madman, I see what you mean now ;) . Do'h slow brain here.

And the next Answerer is none other but our beloved Illumina Drathiran'ar

I'm learning so much about people, *laughs*. Good idea this

1. Why only a part time Uma Thurman impersonator?

2. Cheeseburgers, or Filet Mignon?

3. Is your second favourite game part of the FF series?

4. What's your favorite cocktail and can you make it (properly) yourself?

5. Cats or dogs? Or both or neither? :D

1. I'm a full-time student, guest lecturer, and counselor. Quite frankly, I don't have enough hours in the day to impersonate Uma full-time.

2. Neither... I'm a vegetarian. Never had any meat at all, actually. Even when I was a baby, my parents would try and put ham or whatever in my mouth and I'd spit it out. To this day they don't understand it, and it constantly vexes me as well. I say, "I've never eaten meat" and people say, "Were your parents vegetarian, then?" Absolutely not. It was a constant source of friction for a good 16 years there.

Absolutely! That would be Final Fantasy Six, popularly known as Final Fantasy Three here in the states. Absolutely amazing, in my opinion... I think some of the finest games, quality relative to the level of technology, came from the SNES. After that, the system just got stagnant.

Toughie. My drink of choice varies depending on my mood, from a glass of red wine to whiskey on the rocks to amaretto sour to a drink I invented myself, called the "flavin." It consists of flavored vodka, ginger ale, and a Tropicana Twister juice beverage. The flavor of the vodka and Twister must go together. The word "flavin" is a Seinfeldian catch-all term used when someone doesn't know the proper name of something, and I named the drink in a pinch when I couldn't come up with a different name.

I can mix almost any drink expertly... I have kind of a nack for mixology. I suppose my keen senses of smell and taste give me a +2 natural bonus to Alchemy checks.

Well, I grew up with both cats and dogs. I like dogs, don't get me wrong... But I'm definately a cat person. We were never a one-cat family, either... My current cat is named Max. He's about seven years old and I refer to him as my familiar, due to the bond that we share. You always hear that cats only like people who feed them, but I'm away for months at a time and the moment I walk through the door he follows me like a shadow. Last time I was back he plopped down on my bed and started snoozing, despite the fact that he hadn't been in my room for months. I've also been described as a catlike person, due to the "fluid way" I move and the way I like to sit on high places with good views and watch people.

Clearly, robertthebard needs to be the next answerer.

1. What made you want to be a musician?

2. I know that your illness has caused quite a bit of lifestyle change. Of the things you've had to give up, which one do you miss the least, and why?

1. I don't think being a musician is a want to thing. I've always had music in my soul, for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure when, but at some time I developed the irresistable urge to get it out, and to that end, I picked up a cello at school. From there, it was love. I got my first guitar at 15, and taught myself to play. The rest is history...

2. You know, that's a difficult question, harder than I would have figured anyway. I lived my life the way I wanted to, so there weren't a lot of things that I did that I didn't like. If I had to pick something, I'd say it was some of the people I used to work with, particularly my step dad, who has turned out to be quite the loser through this ordeal, and one of the guys that I wound up working around a lot. I feel like I'm laming out on this one, but there's really nothing that I did that I didn't enjoy to some extent.

3. Do you vote? Why/why not?

4. What's your earliest memory?

3. Yes, because I feel that my opinion should be heard, even if my chosen candidates/issues don't come out on top. Plus, it gives me a right to complain...

4. Almost drowning in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. I was maybe 3. I have vivid memories of the experience. The funny thing is, I'm not afraid of water. In fact, I swim like a fish, or I did when I could go swimming. One of those lifestyle changes...

5. Why woodworking?

I think it runs with my "artistic" side. I've done carpentry work for most of my life, and when I got sick, I had a big cedar post in my basement. I figured that I should use it for something, and cutting it down for chess sets seemed like the easiest thing to do. It's all "smallish" work, and I can do it in my basement, which means I don't have to be outside to do it, which would preclude me from doing it, since I can't be outside for extended periods. All in all, it's a good fit, and I don't suck at it... :D

Let's hear from Shadowhound next, I think.

5. I dont think you have ever really mentioned family, are you married?

[ 07-12-2006, 08:04 AM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

2. Do you usually tip waiters (or anyone else for that matter) and how much?

5... or 1. Well I am going to asume that wasnt originally aimed at me but I will answer none the less, no not maried, currently single. Not ready for a serious relationship yet.

2. Well here in Australia I dont think its a common thing to tip, perhaps in the bigger cities but not in the town I live in. So no I dont tip.

@Hivetyrant, just in case; No, I'm currently single, and liking it.

3. Cheeseburgers or Filet Mignon. I may ask this every time, as it's a pretty telling question to seem so innocent.

3. Thats probably the hardest question I am going to be asked :D I love cheeseburgers to death but how could I say no to a Filet Mignon... mmm steak. Yep give me the Filet Mignon.

4. Whats you're poison? [img]graemlins/drinkup.gif[/img]

5. What are your goals for the next 1 month, 6 months, 5 years, 10 years?


Why is it so telling? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] What exactly does it tell you? Like, what did my answer tell you apart from the fact that I'm not much on steak but I also don't like fast food cheesburgers?

It's a person type indicator. Material based, gotta have the best of the best will always choose Filet over Cheeseburgers. People that choose cheeseburgers will tend to be more down to earth, and less concerned with worldly possessions, etc. In Shadowhound's case, the choice wasn't so much the Filet, as steak in general, according to the response. It's an insight into the type of person, not that one or the other is good or bad, there is no right answer, it's just a look deeper into them than they might ordinarily allow somebody to get...